Costales Nature Farms in Majayjay, Laguna

With
all the articles I made from the past which I couldn't cast up figures, I think
it's inessential to have another introduction for Laguna, for the readers or
whoever's reading this article now I suggest you dig the bin of my old Laguna
escapes from 2014-2015, there you will see numerous introductions and quite a
few lines that might not suffice your best interest for this province as things
I shared were not really new to everyone. Let me do a tweak this time, let me
give you something you might not heard before, not that I'm having a loafy day
but I think it is not a secret that Laguna is one of my favorite provinces
accessible from Manila and this time I want an article worth your time, an
article that will cover and boost tourism and at the same time raise awareness
for trivialized industry we often tend to ignore.

Whenever you dine to a
restaurant does it ever crossed your mind where the food come from? Or when was
the last time you thought about it? If you are to ask me, I honestly run out of
care to give until I found myself in the field of greens just recently. I
received an invite to join a farm tour at Costales Nature Farm in Majayjay,
Laguna. Let me tell you now that I don't eat veggies so what on earth am I
doing in a place like this? At first I thought I was out of place, I thought
the tour wouldn't be as fun as compare to a beach getaway, that it wasn't the
best place to spend my weekend and I just wasted my 2 days off work but let me
tell you this, all the bubbles of assumption were far gone, I enjoyed the trip
and I'm thankful for the experience.

Costales Nature Farm is
situated at the foot of Mount Banahaw in the sleepy town of Majayjay, Laguna
and dubbed as one of the leading Agri-Tourism destinations of the
country. As I briefly mentioned earlier I had a handful of shared
itineraries for Majayjay. Even before this tour I’m already aware of its
existence, I just didn’t poke my nose to see what is behind all the Costales
Farm signage I passed whenever I visit Majayjay. I was surprised
that they offer Farm Tour Packages, they even provide accommodation for varying
number of guests who want to experience and learn the basics of farming, I
thought it was a typical farm land. It is a one stop agritourism
destination that intensively focuses on promoting organic produce and poultry
that supplies major dinning/market chains nationwide. The Farm to table
concept is also a must try when you do the farm tour. Note that all options you
see on their menu may not be available as it depends on the availability of
their harverst, we need to understand the purpose of this concept, what
they will serve you are the goods fresh from their farm so if your preferred
vegetables and herbs are not there we shouldn’t disdain the staff unless you
want them to fool you in serving herbs from a supermarket nearby which for sure
they will never do.

Aside
from the perk of waking up seeing the majestic view of Mount Banahaw, the best
activities I found very enjoyable were the nature farm tour and the harvesting
activity. Having the opportunity to learn the basic farming first hand was
already a frill of luxury especially to us who are rooted to the urban
environment. This event fed my knowledge to variety of farm products
particularly to organic vegetables and herbs, see the photos below.

Costales
Nature Farm also propagates livestocks such as chicken, hogs, ducks, turkey,
rabbits, guineafowl/Bengala, etc. All the animals from their farm are nurtured
and fed in sustainable organic set up, paving the way to big corporation
chains that eventually supply consumers from different regions of the
country.

The
funny part is this, they named their rabbits after Game of Thrones characters,
mostly named after female characters. If you're an avid fan of the series
you'll surely find this absolutely entertaining. At least now I can say I fed
Cersei, I fed her a grass.

As part of our farm tour
we were challenged to do some exciting activities. We prepared native Filipino
delicacy (Tupig), created our own version salad and had organic vegetable juice
for ourselves, the tools and all the ingredients were provided by the
management. The sexy juice is a must try!

Again,
I'm giving Costales Nature Farm my biggest applause for the experience we'll
surely never forget, honestly, I didn't expect it will turn out real fun. The
staff were very accommodating and generous, all our requests were well attended
smoothly. I also want to commend our personal tour guide Shaira Sebolino, she's
really hands on to our group, I recommend you look for her on your Costales
visit, also Jess who's in-charge of preparing our meals and of course Sir Keneth
De Garcia for organizing and for making this trip to possible.

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